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What Is A PICC And How Does It WorkBy Ranju Kumar Although the price of crude oil in the world market has eased somewhat, there is still the specter of the world economic slowdown to be concerned about. One of the biggest costs a household has is gas, and in these uncertain times people are clamoring for more gas mileage, asking car makes for better fuel economy, and anything that can be a gas saver. The good news is that there are a lot of technologies out there available now that can help fuel savings. There are newly developed bio fuels, home made bio diesel, bio diesel conversions kits, and some which are not so well-known such as Hydro Assist Fuel Cells, and one other promising technology that has been in existence for a long time but is now only getting noticed is Pre-Ignition Catalytic Converter (PICC) technology. Still in the early stages of development for mass production PICC is thought to get your car up to five times the gas mileage it is rated for. Already, every factory made car has a Catalytic Converter, and it is installed in the car's emission system, right there in the exhaust pipe. It is used for emission control, breaking down the large gas molecules that were left un-burnt in your engine, turning them into smaller particles that can be incinerated in the tailpipe before being released into the air. The PICC uses this system in reverse - instead of breaking down the gas for easier burning after it goes through the engine, PICC turns your fuel into a gas form, breaks down the fuel into smaller particles and THEN sends it to the engine. That means there is more burn happening in the engine using far less fuel. That is, theoretically, how the PICC will work. How can fuel savings be achieved, and how much? With modern fuel injection technology, car manufacturers have been able to control the entry of just the right amount of fuel into the combustion engine to improve a car's fuel economy. With further tweaking and adding the PICC system, less fuel is needed to output the same amount of power from the engine, because the fuel is already primed to be burned more efficiently. In one scientific test, a gas guzzling 318 V-8 Chrysler engine was run on a brand new state of the art dynamometer (the same testing equipment that Detroit uses) at 3,000rpms under a 50% load for an hour. Before the PICC modification, the engine used 18 pounds of fuel, which when converted approximates 22 mpg. Then researchers ran the same test with an engine with PICC modification and ran the engine under the exact same conditions for another hour. After the test, it was found the engine used only 2 pounds of fuel, a 9-fold increase in efficiency totaling a staggering 200 m per gallon, an amazing mileage from anyone's standard. Although still in the development and testing stages, it is showing a lot of promise. It means more savings, more money for other expenses, reduction in greenhouse gases, and most importantly for America, less dependence on foreign oil. About the author Are you eager to know how to make money online in an easy way? Then here is the new website where you get the detailed information on HAFC, PICC, fuel saving, gas mileage, Brown's Gas and many more. Just visit Hydro Assist Fuel Cell website for more information and take the first step towards freedom. |
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